[Movie] Star Trek (2009)

Originally Posted by quazi

So if you know absolutely nothing about Star Trek, will this movie be enjoyable as a generic sci-fi action flick?

The only thing I knew about Star Trek is that facepalm image and the pinball machine, and I enjoyed the movie. But I also liked Transformers and Die Hard 4 and Explosion Boom Bang 17: Loud Noises, so yeah. I like dem movin' pic'chars.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Holy fuck Lehah, can you split that into a couple of posts so I can prop it more please.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

The only thing I knew about Star Trek is that facepalm image and the pinball machine, and I enjoyed the movie. But I also liked Transformers and Die Hard 4 and Explosion Boom Bang 17: Loud Noises, so yeah. I like dem movin' pic'chars.

yeah me too, i have seen maybe a half episode of star trek. But i knew that there was a dude named Spock that did \\//. Movie is a good popcorn flick .

also lehah, cool post bro.

no homo

Originally Posted by Shin

Holy fuck Lehah, can you split that into a couple of posts so I can prop it more please.

Cast:

LeHah as THE POPE
Sprout as THE KID

The pope comes to New York and goes to Saint Pats. The masses are lining the streets, with flags and banners, all cheering for their religious icon. The limo pulls up and the pope walks out in his long, flowing purple robes, gently waving to the crowd as he walks up the stairs.

A little Puerto Rican kid from 54th street sneaks in between the balustrades and gets right next to the Pope as hes walking up the stairs.

"Hey man, you the Pope?" says this little kid in a thick accent.

"Yes, my son - I am the pope."

"Fuck you."

Everyone stands, shocked. The pope looks down at the kid as he furrows his brow, "Excuse me? I'm the POPE. I rule one of the vastest dynasties of faith the world has ever known. I am the head of a sovereign religious nation under the True Lord. We have more money than most countries in the world - people in Africa starve so they can send us nickles every week. Water supplies in the Middle East are bad in the poorest areas because they pay tithe to me daily! We have so much money, we can never possibly use it all! I am one of the most powerful men who walk the Earth in this modern age! Fuck me?

FUCK YOU!"

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Laughing so hard because of that post + DOG.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by ramoth

Good movie? Yeah, I enjoyed myself. Will it hold up in 27 years the way Khan does? Nah. It will be as kitsch and dated and painful as the 23 year old Star Trek IV: The One With The Whales is today.

But...I like the one with the whales!

I guess that's a good thing though, if it means I'll like this one. We're going this weekend, I think.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by nadienne

But...I like the one with the whales!

I guess that's a good thing though, if it means I'll like this one. We're going this weekend, I think.

I have great memories of Star Trek IV, but I recently watched all of the ST movies in a marathon -- IV was downright painful. Perhaps having moved to San Francisco may have spoiled the move for me; but that movie is pretty fucking 80s in some pretty awful ways.

Unless you are one of those types who experience physical pain when the Star Trek canon is violated, you'll like Abrams's Star Trek.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by ramoth

Perhaps having moved to San Francisco may have spoiled the move for me; but that movie is pretty fucking 80s in some pretty awful ways.

I think thats the point?

One of the "problems" with Star Trek time travel is that its almost never, ever done right. Like the time Sisko and Bashir went "back in time" to the ... early 21st century? First off - the show was made in the mid-1990s and it still *looks that way*. I'm not even talking about the obvious "lower" production value, you have a guy walking around with a fedora like he's Joey from DeGrassi.

Star Trek IV got it right in that it was "timely". Its suppose to be painful and dated. Duh. Get with the joke, man.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I saw Star Trek yesterday. I've never seen a Star Trek film before, hence I have no frame of reference for what I'm about to say but certainly compared to the series it didn't "feel" like Star Trek. That's not to say I didn't enjoy myself (I did, quite a lot actually). In fact it's rekindled my interest in the franchise, and I'd like to start from scratch. I wonder how long it will be before I find the remake to be blasphemy.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Now that we've seen the toys, lets see what Abrams does with them before we damn him.

I would perfer if he leaned more toward the "morality play" situations of yore. Time will tell.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by LeHah

I think thats the point?

One of the "problems" with Star Trek time travel is that its almost never, ever done right. Like the time Sisko and Bashir went "back in time" to the ... early 21st century? First off - the show was made in the mid-1990s and it still *looks that way*. I'm not even talking about the obvious "lower" production value, you have a guy walking around with a fedora like he's Joey from DeGrassi.

Star Trek IV got it right in that it was "timely". Its suppose to be painful and dated. Duh. Get with the joke, man.

So no movie that directly referenced 80s culture or even the fact that it was made during the 1980s was supposed to be shit. They're all painful and dated and utter crap.



What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by ramoth

So no movie that directly referenced 80s culture or even the fact that it was made during the 1980s was supposed to be shit. They're all painful and dated and utter crap.

One time I went to a party and someone made a really great joke about something. We all laughed except for my buddy's girlfriend; then she said AHAHA I GET IT with a straight face and walked off with a blank stare.

Couldn't tell you why that just popped into my head just now, but it did.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well I saw this tonight, and being a huge Trekkie as a kid, I liked it. But then I hated it at the same time. I think they got the characters down pretty well, (I actually enjoyed Chekov a little; a bit on the annoying side. Let's not talk about Uhura.), but the plot was awful. Believable, but I guess I'm a canonfag that is too disturbed that they messed with canon so much.

Spoiler:

You just don't blow up Vulcan.

Kinda mad that there were no Klingons, though I guess Romulans were the enemy and having Klingons at this point would be too much to handle. (Romulans suck though.)

There's nowhere I can't reach.

WICTOR WICTOR

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Ultima

You just don't blow up Vulcan.

Why not? We've accepted as Trek fans the limitless possibilities alternate realities, branches in time, and their ilk afford us (we also accept their occasional screen presence and radical new takes on familiar characters in many of the series episodes), so why should seeing a Trek film from the vantage point of one of those alternate paths be such a painful experience?

(A good example being that one episode in Voyager where the viewer is led to assume the vantage point of a clone crew who think they are the real deal, only to die miserably and then the *real* crew comes along nonethewiser of their doppleganger's ghastly experience... and the show continues on as if nothing happened.)

Vulcan and the rest of the canon remain untouched and preserved and Abrahms gets to introduce Trek to (from the looks of things) millions of people who previously had a deep aversion to getting involved in all this nerd business.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I think blowing up Vulcan (what, we're not using spoiler tags anymore?) isn't a bad bit of storytelling. The peaceful society being blown up by a... warlike... giant... death machine... has never been done before in a ... science fiction... franch--

Shit.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by BlindMonk

We've accepted as Trek fans the limitless possibilities alternate realities, branches in time, and their ilk afford us (we also accept their occasional screen presence and radical new takes on familiar characters in many of the series episodes), so why should seeing a Trek film from the vantage point of one of those alternate paths be such a painful experience?

I do find it refreshing for once to see an alternate reality followed through.

I'm calling the new franchise Ultimate Star Trek.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I find it refreshing to see a bad post get dissed for once.

I'm calling it Ultimate Diss Works.

Most amazing jew boots

Originally Posted by Bloodcinder

I'm calling the new franchise Ultimate Star Trek.

Isn't there a soundtrack that came out a few years ago called Ultimate Star Trek? Something along those lines? So really,... think of something more unique, eh?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Ultimate Joke Misunderstanding

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ultimate Really Bad Joke

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I don't see why it's such a terrible comparison, honestly.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, there's a difference between being so true it's funny and so true it's depressing.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by The Wise Vivi

Isn't there a soundtrack that came out a few years ago called Ultimate Star Trek? Something along those lines? So really,... think of something more unique, eh?

Heh, might as well call it Young Pretty Trekkers in Love.

Anyway, just referring to what I'm projecting as a similarity with the dichotomy between Uncanny X-Men and Ultimate X-Men. I think Pangalin knows what I mean. I foresee a lot of potentially arbitrarily contrived differences from the main continuity. Sulu's probably gay and stuff. (Art imitating life.) Nevertheless I'm sure the fresh take will be enjoyable.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Bloodcinder

Anyway, just referring to what I'm projecting as a similarity with the dichotomy between Uncanny X-Men and Ultimate X-Men. I think Pangalin knows what I mean.

I know what you meant. Thats why I dissed it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?